Miquel Buades i Crespí

Miquel Buades Crespí (born 4 March 1980) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a centre back.

He began his career with Real Mallorca, playing primarily with their reserve team, before moving to Albacete Balompié. He made 113 appearances over five years with Albacete, including 55 in La Liga. The team were relegated to Segunda División B at the end of the season.

The following year was a breakthrough season for Buades. He made his full debut at home to Premià in the first match of the season, which ended 1–1, and made 36 appearances as Mallorca B missed out on the promotion play-offs by just one point. 2000–01 saw him play a less significant part, playing only 10 times, but he did receive his first call-up to the senior team. He was in the starting line-up for the home leg of Mallorca's UEFA Intertoto Cup tie against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț of Romania at Estadio de San Moix, which ended 2–1 to the Spanish side. This would ultimately prove to be his only appearance for the Mallorca first team.

He also received a second European call-up to the first team, being named as a substitute for the home leg of their UEFA Cup third round tie against Czech side Slovan Liberec. He was not used during the match, which Slovan won 2–1. Mallorca B's 2–1 home loss to Almería on 19 April would prove to be his last for the club, which he left at the end of the season.

Although Buades's involvement was slight, it had been a successful year for Alabcete, who were promoted in third place. This gave Buades the chance to make his La Liga debut during the 2003–04 season, which he duly did on 26 October in a 3–2 loss to Real Betis at Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera. He started again three days later in an excellent 2–0 home win over Villarreal, and featured more heavily for the rest of the year, playing 25 times in all.

Albacete survived their first La Liga campaign, but were not so lucky the following season, winning just six matches all year and finishing bottom of the table. However, Buades had a good season, playing in 32 matches and scoring his first La Liga goals - in the 3–2 loss to Osasuna at Estadio El Sadar on 17 October, and the 1–1 home draw with Getafe on 21 November.

Following Albacete's return to the Segunda División, Buades continued to play regularly, making 22 appearances in 2005–06 and 28 the following year.

Honours Albacete Balompié Segunda División third place: 2002–03 (earning promotion to La Liga)

Career statistics

1. Appearances in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup